Bumper cars are returning to Bryant Park for the winter season! However, these aren’t your typical bumper cars you see at fairs, instead they crash, slide and spin…on ice! “Bumper Cars on Ice at Bank of America Winter Village in Bryant Park” will return on Friday and run through March 4. The bumper cars will … Read more
“A mega million please!” It is the phrase that has been heard the most in the 5 Borough Market store located on the corner of Fifth Avenue and 39th Street in Sunset Park. From 5:30 in the morning, residents of the neighborhood began to arrive with the hope of buying the winning $ 1.1 billion … Read more
With banners and whistles, thousands of nurses continue to protest for better working conditions on the second day of the strike in front of Montefiore Hospital in the Bronx. While on strike they are not paid or have health insurance. “It’s good enough, it was too much,” said Patricia Henríquez, a striking nurse. Henríquez has … Read more
New York Governor Kathy Hochul on Tuesday announced plans to add 1,000 inpatient psychiatric treatment beds and create 3,500 housing units to address deficiencies in the state’s mental health system. “We haven’t invested enough in mental health for so long and allowed the situation to get so bad that it has escalated into a public … Read more
Thousands of nurses who went on strike on Monday at two of the city’s major hospitals were still protesting on Tuesday after contract negotiations on staffing and wages stalled nearly three years after the coronavirus pandemic began. Private and non-profit hospitals have been postponing non-urgent surgeries, rerouting ambulances to other medical facilities, hiring temporary staff, … Read more
NEW YORK – A man who killed eight people on a New York City bike path five years ago left behind a “scene of destruction and horror” in which “screams filled the air” before telling an agent of the ‘FBI who was proud of the destruction he had caused and wished his terrorist group’s flag … Read more
President Biden is making his first trip to the southern border as president today. Biden travels to El Paso, Texas, and then to Mexico City to meet with leaders of that country and Canada, to discuss immigration issues. While in El Paso, you will meet with local officials to discuss border security issues. El Paso … Read more
NEW YORK – A total of 20 people, including three children, were injured after a van driven by an Uber driver crashed into the outdoor dining area of a Manhattan restaurant on Monday night, authorities said . . This incident occurred after the vehicle was hit by an Audi which fled the scene, police added. … Read more
The Municipality is evaluating whether to follow up on the Parks Department’s request to create two stations where food delivery drivers can rest and recharge their bicycles. The stations would be one in the Upper West Side of Manhattan and the other in the Bronx. There is an already licensed station in Manhattan that was … Read more
A woman has been found dead in an East Harlem apartment. Police responded to an emergency call at about 9:45 pm last night about an incident at 435 East 102nd Street. It was there where The 45-year-old woman was found unconscious and face down in the kitchen, with a stab wound to the chest. The … Read more